Chapter 156 Why did I come to China
Chen Haonan is naturally the most watched Chinese player besides Wu Jie. He has just set the highest transfer record in the world.
European fans want to see what virtues and abilities this kid who is not yet 17 years old has allowed Real Madrid to do so at all costs.
Barcelona even laughed at Real Madrid for a while after the deal was concluded, but they soon stopped laughing.
Although Chen Haonan is unable to become the main force for the time being due to his height and confrontation ability.
But he has made three substitute appearances in January and contributed one assist, especially his iconic "fried meatballs" move that amazed the Spanish media.
However, what is most commendable is his football IQ that is not commensurate with his age. This Chinese player who is less than 17 years old has amazing calmness and calmness, and his ability to control the rhythm is very outstanding. He is also quite capable of long passes and through balls, especially defensively.
He possesses amazing mobility and strong oppressive power, and can even occasionally step in for a long-range shot.
Although such a player is not as brilliant as Wu Jie, he is definitely a midfield leader who is the cornerstone of a wealthy club.
If it weren't for being too short, Barcelona wouldn't be able to smile at all.
But according to the information revealed by Real Madrid, it doesn't seem to be a troublesome matter.
Chen Haonan's epiphyseal line has not yet closed, and he still has at least one year to grow taller.
In fact, when Chen Haonan came to Spain at the end of December, he was 162cm, but when measured at the end of January, he had grown to 163cm, which is only 2cm shorter than the Argentine genius Barcelona is interested in.
Real Madrid has specially hired sports experts to develop leg exercises and training for Chen Haonan in order to help him continue to grow taller.
If he can grow to more than 170cm, then Chen Haonan will be enough to become Real Madrid's Platini.
Generally speaking, everything goes well for Chen Haonan at Real Madrid. Although his statistics cannot be compared with Wu Jie, Wu Jie was already 18 years old when he arrived in the Bundesliga.
Chen Haonan can play as a substitute for Real Madrid at this age, which is unprecedented. Real Madrid has not yet become a main rotation player under the age of 17.
However, the development of Gu Guangming, who is also in La Liga, is not very smooth. He also played two games as a substitute in January, but his performance was too different from that of the national team, and he was obviously a little acclimatized.
Wu Jie was not too worried, he knew that this was normal for Gu Guangming.
Chen Haonan has already conducted three dream trainings and has more than a thousand game experience. Of course, he can easily integrate into Real Madrid's tactical system and show incredible football IQ and organizational talent.
However, Gu Guangming joined a new team halfway through the winter break. He is unfamiliar with the place and cannot communicate normally in language. He has no understanding of the new team's tactical system and does not have enough playing time. His current performance is
Nothing could be more normal.
Wu Jie couldn't help. He could only call Gu Guangming and tell him that he must have confidence. The wingers in Madrid are not as good as him. As long as he trains hard and watches more game videos, his playing time will gradually increase.
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Next season will be the time for him to compete for the main spot. This half season is mainly about learning the language and adapting to La Liga's style of play. Don't be too ambitious.
Zhao Dayu also has similar problems in Lyon, but his situation is obviously much better.
This short-footed tiger has a very good sense of movement and goal scoring. After quitting drinking, his condition has become more and more stable. Although he has many shortcomings and is always looked down upon because of his height, he can score goals by himself as soon as he comes on the court.
Find the striker who comes to the goal.
Of course, this ability can only appear in a league with weak competition.
The overall strength of Ligue 1 in this era is much worse than that of La Liga. Zhao Dayu joined another Ligue 1 team that lacked outstanding forwards and was about to be relegated.
This gave him a much greater opportunity than Gu Guangming. In January, he played four games, contributed 2 goals, and even started the most recent game.
This performance was beyond Wu Jie's expectation, because he always looked down on Zhao Dayu because of his height.
But it has to be said that Zhao Dayu, a point-grabbing forward with excellent sense of touch in front of goal and good skills, can perform well without too much training as long as his luck is not too bad.
Now it is obvious that Zhao Dayu is not only not lucky, he is also very lucky and has a good chance to secure Lyon's starting forward position.
If he can successfully help Lyon avoid relegation, he will probably become a hero of the team.
When Gu Guangming saw his old friend performing so well, he felt a little regretful about joining a mid-tier La Liga team.
Thinking about it now, he might as well go to a last-minute team in La Liga.
Jia Xiuquan also had the same idea. Although he is highly valued by Udinese, the position of central defender is different from that of frontcourt players. Even if he showed a better level in training, he did not have enough tacit understanding with the team and it was difficult to perform.
Even though they were communicating, they still didn’t even get a chance to come on as a substitute.
There is really no way around this. What the central defender position requires is stability. Except for rare cases, central defenders who join during the winter break will basically sit on the bench.
Fortunately, Udinese has loaned Jia Xiuquan to the Serie B team. His strength can ignore many tacit understanding and communication problems in this level of league.
Wu Jie knows that Jia Xiuquan, like Gu Guangming, must first become familiar with the styles of their respective leagues this season and learn the language used for communication on the court. After training with the team next season, they will be able to compete for the starting position.
Of the four Chinese players currently bought by A-level teams, only Chen Haonan and Zhao Dayu seem to be developing smoothly.
However, the two players bought by the second-tier team actually did well.
Chen Jingang came on as a substitute in Hertha Berlin's first game and contributed an assist.
After that, he played as a substitute for one more game and was promoted to the starting lineup in the third game.
In January, Chen Jingang played 3 games, 1 starting game and 2 games as a substitute. In addition to 2 assists, he also scored 1 goal.
The fans of Hertha Berlin are very satisfied with his performance. Although this Chinese center is not fast and has average foot skills, he has a strong body that can cope with the confrontation at the Bundesliga level. He also has excellent physical fitness and can press forward, especially in the frontcourt.
He is very good at heading the ball. He fights actively in the game and has high fighting spirit.
Even if such a tactical center does not have enough tacit understanding with his teammates and cannot communicate fluently, his advantage of being able to involve a lot of defense in the frontcourt, win a lot of high-altitude balls for the team, and also complete headers in the fourth quarter is enough.
The second division of the major leagues has its place.
The same is true for Liu Haiguang, but he has received more attention because he is obviously stronger in physical talent, including slightly better foot skills. He can be regarded as a comprehensively enhanced version of Chen Jingang.
This allowed him to come on as a substitute in his first game at 1860 Munich and score a goal.
After that, he successfully became the team's starter. He played 4 games in January and contributed 3 goals and 1 assist.
Although this is only the German second division league, Liu Haiguang is currently the best performer among the Chinese overseas teams except Wu Jie and Zhao Dayu.
Although Chen Haonan has greater potential, he can only play 20 to 30 minutes in a game at this stage.
Of course, this is the view of the Chinese and European media.
From the perspective of Asian fans, especially Japanese and Korean fans, the performance of these Chinese players is not bad.
Two years ago, China didn't even have a single player in Europe.
But now there is not only the world's number one free agent, but also a record holder for transfers, three players who play in the first division of the four major European leagues, and two players who start in the second division of the four major leagues.
If two years pass, what will the Chinese team look like?
Will they have another genius like Wu Jie and Chen Haonan?
This is a good question, but it seems that it is less than two years old...
This year's Chinese Lunar New Year is on January 25th. As soon as the eighth day of the Lunar New Year has passed, a young man from Hong Kong holding a "Return Permit for Hong Kong and Macao Compatriots" came directly to Guangzhou, and then went to Guangzhou for another three days before officially going to work, and only resumed after the first month of the year.
The training Guangdong team requested to join.
In the end, of course, I only saw the uncle and aunt who were looking at the gate and sweeping the floor.
Lin Yaodong waited for three days. After the staff started working, he came again and asked to join.
But at this time, the team's coaching staff was still on vacation, but the national team head coach Su Yongshun, who returned to Guangzhou for the New Year, heard the news.
This interested him very much, and he went to the guest house the next day to meet the goalkeeper from Hong Kong in person.
Su Yongshun felt even more curious after meeting Lin Yaodong. This little guy was obviously a crazy fan of Wu Jie. He had Wu Jie's head tattooed on his shoulder, and his words were full of admiration for Wu Jie.
This is not surprising, there are now Wu Jie's ardent fans all over the world.
What really makes Su Yongshun regretful and painful is that this guy not only wants to join the Guangdong team, he also wants to join the national team and fight alongside Wu Jie.
A Hong Kong man wants to join the Guangdong team. He just thinks it's new and interesting, so it might not be possible.
But if Hong Kong people want to join the Chinese national team, the problem is not that simple.
Lin Yaodong immediately stated that he wanted to become a Chinese citizen. The reason was that although his parents smuggled themselves to Hong Kong, as a descendant of the Yan and Huang Dynasties, he had the right to freely choose his own household registration.
Besides, Hong Kong will return to China in 1997. Can't he restore his Chinese citizenship in advance?
Su Yongshun soon discovered that this matter was really difficult to deal with. If it was not handled well, it would become a political issue!
"Why should I come to see him? Why should I mind my own business?"
After Su Yongshun understood the seriousness of the problem, he soon regretted coming to meddle in other people's business.
But as the current coach of the national team, now that Lin Yaodong has seen this person, of course he will stick to him.
In the next few days, Lin Yaodong became so persistent that he went to Su Yongshun's house.
After the news spread, it quickly attracted newspapers and TV stations in Guangdong to report on it.
Now is the peak period for Cantonese people to sneak into Hong Kong. People go to Hong Kong every day, but I have never heard of anyone running back from Hong Kong. This is really a new thing!
Su Yongshun was forced to have no choice but to use his Hong Kong registered residence as an excuse to ask him to restore his Chinese nationality first.
Lin Yaodong then really went to various departments to inquire about restoring mainland household registration, but how many people in this era have obtained foreign household registration, or have their nationality changed back?
So these departments initially pushed the blame between each other, but when TV stations and newspapers started reporting on it, they had no choice but to report to their superiors for instructions.
At this time, Wu Jie didn't know where he learned about this incident. When he was interviewed by Xinhua News Agency's foreign reporters in Germany, he said that the Hong Kong athlete should be given a chance to try out.
If he is really talented, why can't he be allowed to recognize his ancestors?
After these remarks were spread back to China, they quickly aroused nationwide discussion, because this is indeed a new thing!
It was fermenting until the end of February, when the Guangdong team finally expressed its willingness to give Lin Yaodong a chance to try out.
But this trial training not only attracted news media from across the country, but also many media from Hong Kong came to interview.
The Hong Kong media is naturally very interested in this matter, although most voices are very dissatisfied with Lin Yaodong's licking and kneeling behavior.
"Why don't you try out for the Hong Kong team?"
This is a question from a Hong Kong reporter, which represents the voice of most Hong Kong media, including Hong Kong fans.
"Hong Kong news likes to report on natural disasters in China. When you curse China's poverty, backwardness, colonization, and system, you seem to be standing in an irrelevant position. But every time I see these news, I can't help but
I feel sad and ashamed. I think I can't help but be proud of being Chinese. China's shame is my shame, and China's pain is my pain. So I can only be Chinese, and those foreigners will always be
Treat me like a Chinese. That’s why I’m here.”
Lin Yaodong's words were not only spoken to the Hong Kong media, but most importantly, they were spoken to the mainland media. This is the real focus.
Chapter completed!